The session of the two governing bodies of the IVF – the Council of Ambassadors and the Conference of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs – took place in Budapest on 15 July 2015.
The European Parliament recognises the efforts made by the Government in the past five years; all support is available for the operation of a development system in Hungary which will make Hungary the region’s most competitive economy by 2020, the Deputy State Secretary for Development Policy Communication at the Prime Minster’s Office said.
Deputy Prime Minister for Nation Policy Zsolt Semjén announced on Wednesday in a statement given to Hungarian News Agency MTI that the total number of naturalisation requests has reached 750 thousand, and 700 thousand people have taken the oath of citizenship.
Hungary welcomes the Iranian nuclear deal, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told journalists on Tuesday in Budapest.
The personal income tax rate is to fall from 16 percent to 15 percent in 2015 and thus the Government leaves HUF 120 more at families, at more than 4 million taxpayers, Deputy State Secretary for Taxation and Zoltán Pankucsi said at a press conference in Budapest.
The three-dimensional NATO radar will be deployed in Medina on Wednesday, and as a result, Hungarian airspace control will be complete, Defence Minister Csaba Hende announced on Tuesday at the Medina radar station.
In response to the destruction of cultural heritage in conflict zones, UNESCO launched its #Unite4Heritage campaign on 28 March 2015.
The utility cost reduction programme was a success: in 2013 and 2014 the programme secured savings worth 334 billion forints for some 3.8 million households – the Ministry of National Development’s Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, János Fónagy declared at a Monday press briefing.
Construction of a sample section of the border security fence started on the outskirts of Mórahalom on Monday, 13 July.
The management of the Greek crisis was the main topic of the ECOFIN’s Tuesday session. Commenting on the presidential report assessing the situation of Greece, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said that it was once again proven that Hungary has been the first to recover from the European economic crisis thanks to its economic programme that the Government had implemented in the face of initial harsh criticism.